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18. Elizabeth hopes to have a family one day …  (L. 467) What does the word “family” mean here? “Family” here means “children”. 19. Yes, but there aren’t nearly enough of  them. (L. 475) What does “them” refer to? “Them” refers to places where mothers can leave their babies safe while they are at work. Key to Multiple-Choice Questions 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. A 5. B Suggested Versions of Translation Exercise 1.这是他的反叛方式，是他与他并不怎么喜欢的家庭断绝关系的第一步。 在这个国家，代沟并没有因教育差异而造成的隔阂严重。 3. 刊登广告招工做那些通常只给男人干的工作的雇主们现在必须将他们的广告写作“招聘/女工”，或“招工”。 4. 隔开两个花园的栅栏是边界线。伊安朝栅栏另一边看的时候，有时会羡慕不已，有时又会洋洋自得。 5. 他受不了左翼知识分子或是今天的有些年轻人。他认为这些年轻人“希望有人用勺子喂他们，而且害怕干哪怕一点点老老实实的工作，或是流一点点汗水”。 VI． Key to Text-Related Questions 1. Gareth does not have a good relationship with his brother Jim. For the last year he has had to do his scholarship work in a small dark room, surrounded by the oily parts of Jim’s motorbike and deafened by the noise of a transistor radio. Gareth is found of his father Gwyn. Though Gwyn is proud of Garreth, he is more concerned with his work than with what Gareth is doing. Gareth’s mother is very proud of him but always treats him like a small boy. So Gareth finds it hard to put up with her and sometimes has to run out of the house for fear of exploding and hurting her feelings. 2. The suburban building style is really a mixture of styles, including at one extreme, very modern, low, box-like buildings with lots of glass, and at the other, imitations and variations of architecture of past centuries. Suburban people work in towns and are for the most part comfortably off. They are sometimes accused of being conservative, conventional, narrow-minded, unintellectual and snobbish. 3. A terraced house is more convenient for people to live in and the rent is lower. But it occupies more space. A skyscraper is less convenient and the rent is higher. Sometimes the lifts may break down or become filthy. But it